Re: Comments about the spec

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Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI <>
Date
2001-07-14T00:52:30+00:00
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Re: Comments about the spec
> > In section 4.19, <list><empty/><list> is not transformed to <empty/>.
> > Why not?
> 
> A string consisting of one or more whitespace characters will match 
> <list><empty/></list> but not <empty/>.  This doesn't make a difference in 
> the content of an element, but it does make a difference in the content of 
> an attribute.

Now I see that

<attribute name="foo">
  <empty/>
</attribute>

and

<attribute name="foo">
  <list><empty/></list>
</attribute>

are different.


Then I think there is no problem in the current spec.



> <list><empty/></list> could be transformed to <value 
> type="token"/>.  Would that be an improvement?

No, I don't think so.


regards,
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Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI                          +1 650 786 0721
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